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Those canines are “primarily used to chew up wood and other tough foods” as per one of the articles, but male adult camels may also use those to bite opponents when fighting with each other for territory / mates.
“Someone once described them as a Sarlacc pit from Star Wars” … definitely a fitting description.
Here is a video of an angry camels open mounth and unclipped teeth; https://www.youtube.com/shorts/whsdxuAy37Y … it is VERY ugly tho, view at your own discretion.
That’s actually a good question. I’m no dental expert mind you, but looking at the highly different diets some species have even compared to close relatives, I wouldn’t be surprised if that happened to extinct species as well. I mean, look at bears for example - grizzly, polar bear, brown bear … panda. Suddenly there is a vegan in the group, but with the same type of carnivore teeth.